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“Harriet” promotional poster.

“Harriet” tells the story of Harriet Tubman — but little else

By Thomas Wick, Senior Staff Writer October 28, 2019
It seems that the only way filmmakers are able to get nominated for an Academy Award is to release their film in the late fall, which only makes my job harder. One of those potential award nominees is the biopic “Harriet,” based on the life of the slave abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
The new movie “Joker” explores the origins of the popular character.

Review: “Joker?” I barely know her!

By Kieran Mclean, Senior Staff Writer October 10, 2019
In the beginning of Todd Phillips’ “Joker,” the titular character Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) gets beaten up by a teenage gang so deliberately characterless it could’ve been pulled from a ’90s morning cartoon.
“Booksmart” theatrical release poster.

‘Booksmart’: not another teen movie

By Delilah Bourque, Senior Staff Writer May 28, 2019
High school is an awkward, four-year transition from childhood into semi-adulthood. While no two adolescent experiences are the same, the years we spend in high school are weird, confusing and sometimes awful. “Booksmart” captures it all.
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